Saving, and what happens offline
There is no save button. Here is what happens to your words, and what to do if your connection drops.
No save button
- You type. Your words are written to a journal on your device within a moment.
- You stop typing. After a short pause they go on to your storage. For a browser project or a folder this is almost at once. For GitHub, Rescriptus gathers what changed and sends it as one commit, after about 15 seconds of quiet.
- You leave the page or switch tab. Anything waiting is sent then.
The save label
The top bar shows where things stand, in the same words everywhere.
| What it says | What it means |
|---|---|
| Saved (or Saved to GitHub) | Everything has reached your storage |
| 3 to send | That many files are saved on your device and waiting |
| Saving… | A save is in progress |
| Offline | No connection. Your edits are kept on this device |
| Not sent | The last try failed. Rescriptus tries again by itself |
| Sign in again | Your GitHub sign-in ran out. Your edits are safe on this device |
| Needs a decision | A file changed somewhere else. See When a file changes somewhere else |
Click the label for details, including when the last send happened and a Send now button.
If your connection drops
Keep writing. Edits are saved on your device and queued. When the connection returns, Rescriptus sends them. The queue is kept even if you close the tab, and is picked up the next time you open the project on this device. Text that cannot be saved anywhere is kept in a recovery page, so nothing typed is thrown away.
What does not work offline yet
- Opening Rescriptus with no connection at all. The page itself has to load from the server first.
- Editing on a device that has never loaded the project.
Be careful with
Closing the browser or clearing its data while files are still waiting. Watch the label and wait for Saved before you close the lid on a long session. Clearing the browser's data throws away anything not yet sent, and, for a project kept in this browser only, the project itself.
One tab at a time
A chapter can be edited in one tab at a time. If you open it in a second tab, that tab is read-only until you close the other.
Where the copy on your device lives
In your browser's storage for this site, in plain form. See Privacy and your files.